After Joining the Game, She Came Out as Gay [Infinite] - Chapter 25

Hallelujah Mining Co., Ltd. is a large listed company primarily engaged in the Magic Crystal industry. Its operations consist of several major industrial chains: circulation and sales, research and development, and excavation and exploration within dungeons.

Currently, to expand its market, the company has been successively acquiring other “promising” industries, such as logistics, and is expanding outward centered around these three core industrial fields.

The excavation and exploration sectors, in particular, occupy the central hub of Hallelujah Mining Co., Ltd.’s operations; they are the most important and powerful pillar industries for the entire company’s profitability.

To improve professionalism, the Excavation Department and the Exploration Department have been further subdivided into multiple offices. For example, the Excavation Department is divided into four functional institutions: the Technical Section, the Engineering Section, the Mining Section, and the Logistics Maintenance Section, all of which maintain the department’s operations.

The “Manager” that must be defeated to clear the Mining Game refers to the Manager of this Excavation Department—the direct superior of Qi Cheng and the others.

Since the company carries out diversified departments, there is naturally a concept of job competition.

The recruitment notices, which resembled pyramid scheme advertisements, promoted it this way:

As long as you have outstanding performance, Hallelujah Mining Co., Ltd. will naturally provide the promotion opportunities you desire!

Under the unremitting and life-risking hard work of Qi Cheng, Xia Lin, and Pepero, they finally obtained the opportunity to be promoted to Deputy Section Chief and Assistant Section Chief.

Training Island is an isolated island purchased by Hallelujah Mining Co., Ltd. specifically to train its backbone personnel, serving as a dedicated training area.

Employees who apply for promotion will, after company approval, be arranged by the company to take a helicopter to Training Island for half a month of special intensive training.

The Hallelujah Chief Training Officer in charge of this training session is an Orc… a Pigman.

“You are all fucking pigs!”

“Yes! Thank you for the praise, Sir!”

Inside the gymnasium, twenty newcomers were lined up neatly, standing in military posture, receiving a lecture from the “Pig Instructor” who wore a military uniform and held a teaching whip.

The Pig Instructor brandished his whip, shouting with spit flying everywhere, “Remember, you are all currently stinking bugs who are worse than livestock, and the meaning of this instructor’s existence is to train you trashy stinking bugs into pigs as excellent as me!”

“Yes! Thank you for your cultivation, Sir, we are deeply grateful!”

“Hmph, hmph.” The Pig Instructor smiled with satisfaction. “After studying on this island for half a month, no matter what kind of trash you were originally, I believe you will all become excellent pigs like me… No! This instructor will definitely turn you into pigs.”

“Yes! We are troubling you, Sir!”

Although the newcomers answered in unison, the vast majority were not speaking from the heart; they were acting out of helplessness toward the company system and fear of this Pig Instructor.

This was definitely the most fierce-looking pig in history!

The Pig Instructor scanned the crowd, reading the inner thoughts reflected on their faces at a glance.

He snorted and continued his lecture: “Hmph, it seems some people still hold a rebellious mentality… It doesn’t matter. All the facilities on this island are prepared specifically for you trashy stinking bugs. The previous batches of stinking bugs who shared the same thoughts as you were eventually trained by this instructor into healthy and fine pigs, becoming the flesh and blood of the company.”

His gaze paused slightly on the faces of Qi Cheng and Xia Lin.

…Ho, these two stinking bugs look quite “red and professional.” Out of all the stinking bugs present, these two have maintained a “pious” attitude toward the company.

The Pig Instructor withdrew his gaze and continued, “I believe that after this training, you will surely return satisfied and be moved to tears of gratitude toward this instructor.”

“Yes! Thank you for your cultivation, Sir, we are deeply grateful!”

“Alright, that’s enough for the opening remarks. Next, let this instructor see what you’re capable of. Remember, you are all to become the backbone of the company in the future, serving the company and helping it govern those trashy stinking bugs below. If you want to make those stinking bugs submit to your leadership, you must first have qualities stronger than theirs. You are all employees of the Excavation and Exploration Departments, often dealing with dungeons. This instructor will first see your exploration and excavation abilities in dungeons, as well as your ability to handle magic beasts.”

Hearing this, many newcomers from the Elven race gasped.

They had risked their lives for promotion just to sit in an office every day and stay far away from those damn dungeons!

“This training island has a dungeon specifically provided for you trash. You lot go inside and wander around for a bit first, let this lord see exactly how many pounds and ounces you’re worth.”

“…But your current appearance in suits and leather shoes isn’t conducive to movement. Hmph, no matter, as the most excellent pig, this instructor has already thought of everything for you stinking bugs. In the locker room behind you, there are dedicated dungeon exploration clothes and equipment. Listen up! Get your clothes and equipment ready within three minutes! If you exceed the time by even one second, you’ll spend today running ten laps around the perimeter of the training island! If you don’t finish, add another twenty laps! Move it, you useless trash!”

The Pig Instructor lashed the air with his leather whip.

“Yes! Thank you for the reminder, Sir!”

The twenty newcomers filed into the locker room and began changing.

Since Qi Cheng and Xia Lin were the only females on the entire island, the female locker room appeared particularly deserted.

“Fast” had always been one of Qi Cheng’s creeds in life; she changed her clothes very quickly and began checking the equipment the Pig Instructor had prepared for them.

As for Xia Lin, her speed was no slower than Qi Cheng’s. As an actress, changing costumes and locations during filming had become a daily routine, naturally honing her speed.

The so-called equipment was actually similar to the employee gear they usually used when performing excavation work at the mine.

“I wonder if Pepero has finished changing.” Xia Lin murmured worriedly. “We’ll have to rely on him to find the Sky-Piercing Blood-Melting Grass later. If he’s penalized with ten laps, it’ll be trouble.”

The diameter of the training island was not small, and they hadn’t brought any potions this time (the company didn’t allow bringing anything). If he really had to run ten laps around the island, Pepero would likely truly go to meet “Hallelujah.”

“I’ll go check next door.”

“Eh? Wait a minute…” Xia Lin was shocked, her reaction a beat slow due to the surprise, failing to stop her in time.

The other side was full of men!

Though she didn’t know if Lizardmen had “that thing”… the Elves and Orcs definitely did!

Qi Cheng pushed open the door to the men’s locker room without any hesitation.

The men inside, clumsily changing their clothes, all froze.

In the next second, faces turned red, screams erupted, and they scrambled to cover their vital parts.

“You, you, you… what the hell are you doing?!”

Ignoring the roars, Qi Cheng walked straight to Pepero’s side.

“Not bad, you’ve already changed. Seems I worried about you for nothing.” Qi Cheng patted Pepero’s shoulder and added:

“Only take the pickaxe, lasso, water bottle, and flashlight. Carrying anything else is just a burden.”

With a red face, Pepero asked, “Qi Cheng-san, you barge into the men’s locker room like this, don’t you… don’t you…”

Don’t you feel your heart racing or feel embarrassed?

Are you even still a girl?!

“Huh?”

Qi Cheng scanned all the men indifferently and said quite rudely, “Anyway, back when I was breeding dogs, I saw those things too.” Besides, they had all covered up immediately, and she had no interest in looking specifically at those eyesores.

The Orcs: “…”

They felt insulted.

“Besides, didn’t the Instructor say they are stinking bugs? I didn’t know stinking bugs grew extra things.” While speaking leisurely, Qi Cheng quietly swiped several extra lassos originally prepared for these people, then leisurely walked out of the men’s locker room.

The Elves & Lizardmen: “…”

They felt severely insulted.

Since Pepero’s favorability toward Qi Cheng was at max, he didn’t feel much of anything.

However, he still thought slightly: Wow, Qi Cheng-san’s attitude really is quite arrogant…

Xia Lin, whose gaze had been following Qi Cheng, naturally noticed her stealing the others’ lassos.

Good grief.

Xia Lin thought to herself—so that’s why Qi Cheng barged into the men’s locker room so “boldly.”

It turned out to be a diversion.

The lassos from Hallelujah Mining Co., Ltd. were very sturdy and practical. Qi Cheng loved using lassos to replace acceleration magic to get close to magic beasts for a one-hit kill.

Although there were many types of tools provided by the training island, there was only one of each kind per person.

Qi Cheng moved extremely fast. If Xia Lin’s attention hadn’t been fixed on her, and if Xia Lin’s dynamic vision wasn’t so good, she really wouldn’t have been able to catch her hand speed.

As soon as Qi Cheng stepped out of the men’s locker room, Xia Lin approached her, pretending to scold her for being reckless while quietly taking the lassos from her hand and slipping them into her own equipment bag.

Qi Cheng curled her lips; the coordination was flawless.

The three minutes were up.

In the end, only Qi Cheng, Xia Lin, Pepero, and a few other newcomers successfully changed their clothes and gathered their gear.

“What the fuck are you doing?!” The Pig Instructor lashed his whip angrily.

An Elven man immediately complained: “Instructor, it’s her fault for suddenly barging into our locker room. It made us worry about the distinction between men and women, and that’s why we didn’t have time to change…”

“Huh?!” The veins on the Pig Instructor’s forehead bulged as he looked coldly at Qi Cheng.

Qi Cheng gave a military salute and said eloquently: “Report! Respected Instructor, I saw they hadn’t come out to line up and was worried they would delay the Instructor’s training progress, so I couldn’t help but go in to urge them! Furthermore, in my heart, there has never been such a redundant concept as gender. My heart only holds the company, only love for the company, and only the supremacy of company profits! Everything is for the company; living is for everything the company stands for! Anything unrelated to company interests is not within the scope of what I should consider!”

“Excellent!” The Pig Instructor laughed loudly. “Newcomer, your awareness is very high! As a member of the company, you must be like this! It seems in a few days, you will be able to become a qualified, excellent pig!”

Qi Cheng said with tears of gratitude: “Yes! Thank you for the praise, Sir, I am deeply grateful!”

The Pig Instructor then roared at the men’s locker room: “What are you all still standing there for?! Get your clothes on and get out here to run ten laps around the island! If you don’t finish, no one eats!”

On the side, Pepero watched, dumbfounded.

This… this fucking works?

Only Xia Lin sighed with a mix of helplessness and doting.

Look at this talent for talking nonsense with a straight face.

My Qi Cheng is simply awesome!